† ˈwaldin, a. Sc. Obs.
Forms: 5–6 waldin, (5 waldyne, waddin).
[Pa. pple. of wald, wield v., used in the sense ‘(easily) controlled’. (In OE. the ppl. adj. ᵹewealden had the senses ‘subject, under control’, ‘moderate in amount or size’).]
Easy to manage. Chiefly of the body or limbs: Pliant, supple; freq. in phr. waldin and wicht. Also fig., yielding or tractable in bearing or disposition.
| c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. iii. 23 The quhilk sa waldin wes in fecht That baith þe left hand and the rycht He evinlike vsit. 1456 Sir G. Haye Gov. Princes (S.T.S.) 121 And thus sall all thy body be mare waldin, and esy to dispone the till all thyne operaciounis. c 1480 Henryson Age & Youth 19 This ȝowng [man] lap apone þe land ful lycht,..‘waldyne [v.rr. waldin, waddin] I am,’ quod he ‘& wondir wycht.’ 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. I. 55 For twentie ȝeir and foure he wes of age; Waldin and wicht. Ibid. 499 Waldin thai war, and wicht as ony hors. Ibid. II. 195 Als ferce & waldin than as ane eill. Ibid. III. 163 He maid thame all als waldin as ane wand, For to obey and byde at his command. 1536 Bellenden Cron. Scot., Descr. Alb. xvi. (1821) I. p. lvi, Thair hois war maid of smal lynt or woll, and yeid nevir above thair kne, to make thaim the mair waldin and sowpyll. |